IC 1396 - Elephant and Flying Bat
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. (Source: Wikipedia)
| Distance | 2,400 ly |
| Constellation | Cepheus |
Exposure data
| Count | Exposure | Data | Filter | Nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71x | 600s | Hydrogen-alpha | Astronomik 6nm Hα | 2018-10-18, 2018-10-19 |
| 91x | 600s | Oxygen-III | Astronomik 6nm OIII | 2018-10-15, 2018-10-16 |
| 103x | 600s | Sulphur-II | Astronomik 6nm SII | 2018-10-07, 2018-10-08, 2018-10-09 |
Total integration: 44 hours 09 minutes
Instrument and equipment
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L at f/2.8
- Skywatcher H-EQ5
- Canon EOS 1300Da
- Lacerta M-Gen Autoguider
- Astronomik Hα, OIII, SII filters
- TS-Optics 60mm Guide tube
Location
- Balcony observatory, Germany, BW
- Bortle 4
Used software
- APT + Stellarium for camera control
- EQMod for telescope control
- PixInsight for image processing
- Photoshop for final touch